Boys' Math Scores Hit Highs and Lows

By

Keith J. Winstein

Updated July 25, 2008 12:01 am ET

Girls and boys have roughly the same average scores on state math tests, but boys more often excelled or failed, researchers reported.

The fresh research adds to the debate about gender difference in aptitude for mathematics, including efforts to explain the relative scarcity of women among professors of science, math and engineering.